Supreme Court to hear all cases related to Jallikattu on 31 January

New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- The Supreme Court on Friday said that all cases related to the legality of bull-taming sport Jallikattu will be heard on 31 January.
The bunch of cases would include a plea filed by the Central government to withdraw the 6 January 2016 notification allowing Jallikattu in Tamil Nadu. A bench headed by justice Dipak Misra had reserved the verdict on the legality of the 2016 notification and delayed pronouncement of the judgment on the Centre's request.
On Friday, a Tamil Nadu-based advocate also moved court seeking to quash the case challenging Tamil Nadu's new law legalising Jallikattu. Last week, the Animal Welfare Board had challenged the state law, alleging that it was in contravention with earlier verdicts of the apex court.
The apex court has ruled twice-in 2014 and 2016-that Jallikattu amounts to cruelty to animals and is constitutionally impermissible.
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However, after protests erupted in Tamil Nadu against the apex court's ban on 23 January, the state legislature passed the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment), Act, 2017, legalizing Jallikattu.